Commonwealth of Australia Bills

[Index] [Search] [Download] [Related Items] [Help]


This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.


NAVIGATION AMENDMENT BILL 2004

2004

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




Presented and read a first time









Navigation Amendment Bill 2004

No. , 2004

(Transport and Regional Services)



A Bill for an Act to amend the Navigation Act 1912, and for related purposes



Contents


A Bill for an Act to amend the Navigation Act 1912, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Navigation Amendment Act 2004.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.


2. Schedule 1

The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.


Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Navigation Act 1912


1 After subsection 258(3)

Insert:

(4) An offence against the regulations made by virtue of this section is an indictable offence.

2 Subsections 258(5) and (6)

Repeal the subsections.

3 Subsection 258A(1)

Omit “(1)”.

4 Subsection 258A(1) (penalty)

Repeal the penalty, substitute:

Penalty: Imprisonment for 4 years.

5 Subsection 264(2)

Omit “a fine not exceeding $20,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or both”, substitute “imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years”.

6 Subsection 265(1) (penalty)

Repeal the penalty, substitute:

Penalty: Imprisonment for 4 years.

7 Subsection 265(2) (penalty)

Repeal the penalty, substitute:

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

8 Subsection 265(6) (penalty)

Repeal the penalty, substitute:

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

 


[Index] [Search] [Download] [Related Items] [Help]